CRIMINAL lawyers will decide if a 13-year-old boy should be charged with assault after a schoolboy allegedly had bleach poured into his eyes.

West Midlands Police is sending a file to the Crown Prosecution Service following the alleged attack on a 12-year-old Great Barr School pupil on Birdbrook Road on September 22.

A 13-year-old boy was questioned by police two weeks after the attack which took place after home time.

A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said investigations are ongoing, with a file expected to be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service. Prosecutors will then decide if there is enough evidence to bring a charge.

The spokeswoman said: “The investigation is ongoing at the moment. We are still waiting for the results of forensics to come back to us. A file will then be prepared to be sent to CPS who will decide if a charge will be made.”

Birdbrook Road

The boy was hospitalised after the alleged attack which took place outside newsagents Birdbrook News.

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At the time Great Barr School labelled the incident “a silly accident”, saying it was a water fight that had got out of hand. A school spokesman said: “It was the kind of thing that could happen at any school.”

Optician Ian Hadfield, secretary of the Birmingham Local Optical Committee, said the schoolboy was incredibly lucky not to have lost all or part of his sight.